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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
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Etiology of Almond Yellows and Witches’ Broom in the Khorasan Razavi Province [PDF]
پژوهشهای حفاظت گیاهان ایرانIntroductionAlmond (Prunus amygdalus Batsch.) is a plant native to Iran, and Iran is one of the most important almonds producing countries in the world.
Reza Tavanai sarab +2 more
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First report of natural infection of Citron (Citrus medica L.) by ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’ in Iran [PDF]
مجله بیوتکنولوژی کشاورزی, 2015 ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’ has been reported as causal agent of witches’ broom disease in Mexican lime (Citrus aurantifolia L.), Bakraee (Citrus sp.) and Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macfad) trees in Iran.
Mahdi Azadvar +3 more
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The American Journal on Addictions, EarlyView.Abstract Background and Objectives Gambling in older adults represents an emerging but still underrecognized mental health concern. Although gambling participation is increasingly observed in later life, the specific psychological, social, cognitive, and biological factors associated with gambling‐related problems in older adults remain insufficiently ...
Graziella C. Prezzavento +6 more
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As the Crone Flies: The Imagery of Women as Flying Witches in Early Modern Europe [PDF]
, 2016 Early modern European images of women as flying witches present fantastical scenes that were initially associated with the Waldensian heresy. Originally these subjects featured both men and women, but they came increasingly to depict only women, who were
St. Clare, Lisa
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Witches vs. Witches : A study of witches in TV-series and their wiccan counterpart
, 2015 This essay examines how witches are portrayed in American produced TV-series in the year 2000 and forward, what elements could have effected that portrayal in the series and also how this portrayal differs itself from witches within Wicca.
Johansson, Tina
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JOINclusion: A serious mobile game for promoting ethnocultural empathy in schools
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the efficacy of JOINclusion, a serious mobile game designed to enhance ethnocultural empathy in children aged 8 to 12. Grounded in the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) framework, JOINclusion delivers interactive scenarios through a narrative‐driven Story Mode and a collaborative Multiplayer Mode, encouraging emotional ...
Alessandra Colella +9 more
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La melanconia delle streghe e delle possedute. Aspetti del dibattito medico-demonologico in Francia tra Cinquecento e Seicento [PDF]
Laboratorio dell'ISPF, 2018 [The melancholy of witches and possessed women. Aspects of the medical-demonological debate in France between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries]. The numerous trials for witchcraft and demonic possession that took place in France between 1550 and ...
Cristina DESSI'
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Variable‐Rate Texture Compression: Real‐Time Rendering with JPEG
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract Although variable‐rate compressed image formats such as JPEG are widely used to efficiently encode images, they have not found their way into real‐time rendering due to special requirements such as random access to individual texels. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of variable‐rate texture compression on modern GPUs using the ...
Elias Kristmann +2 more
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Algunes figures femenines meravelloses de la literatura catalana medieval
Studia Romanica PosnaniensiaThis article explores various manifestations of the marvelous feminine in medieval Catalan literature, focusing on three Valencian works from the 14th and 15th centuries.
Maria Saiz-Raimundo +1 more
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